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Coggin, Charles U., Jr., fl. 1942-1943; [Correspondence belonging to American Red Cross, 1942-1943] [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09745 Author/Creator: Coggin, Charles U., Jr., fl. 1942-1943; Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Header Record Date: 1942-1943 Pagination: 2 items. Order a Copy

Correspondence belonging to the American Red Cross dated 1942-1943. Consists of two documents pertaining to a new policy issued where they would be accept blood from Black donors and response to the new decision.

Charles U. Coggin, Jr. was the Assistant National Director of the Blood Donor Service for the American Red Cross.

J. Harold Ennis was a Home Service Chairman for the Local Red Cross Chapter at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Mr. Ennis was also a Professor of Sociology at Cornell College.

Coggin, Charles U., Jr., fl. 1942-1943
Ennis, J. Harold, 1902-1965

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